Video: We Are Change San Jose Document Cop Armored Vehicle

(WAC) – Cops in Campbell, California, tool around the streets late at night in a military-style armored vehicle. One wonders if the cops were on a joy ride or if they were on their way to bust some pot smokers and kill their dogs. Or maybe they were engaged in an operation to get late nighters accustomed to the idea that the police are now little different than a military occupation army.

MSM: Major Corporations Control European Union

(Guardian) – It is little wonder that José Manuel Barroso is seldom seen without a grin on his face these days. For the European commission chief is one of the luckiest guys in international politics. First, the appointment of a low-profile Belgian as the EU’s first permanent president has meant that Barroso will be able to keep on behaving as if he is the most powerful man in Brussels. And now, it looks likely that Barroso won’t need to lose any sleep about assembling his new team of commissioners (even if they don’t formally start work until January, a few months later than originally expected).

Canada Supports the Military Coup in Honduras

Why have we sided with the Honduran military? Mining profits.

For the first time in decades, the world’s eyes are on Honduras, a tiny country many Canadians know for those little stickers on exported bananas and the surplus of coffee it floods onto the global market each year. The world is less aware of the ongoing role that the Canadian government and Canadian mining companies play in pushing many Hondurans further into poverty.

Venezuelan, Cuban, and Nicaraguan Ambassadors to Honduras Kidnapped

Military personnel kidnapped the ambassadors of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua in Honduras, along with the Honduran Foreign Relations Minister Patricia Rodas, according to Venezuela’s ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Roy Chaderton.

Ireland stands alone against the EU Treaty

Ireland now stands alone after the Czechs completed parliamentary ratification of the Lisbon Treaty this afternoon.

WHO Says Virus Will Return With “Vengeance” in Months Ahead

The head of the World Health Organisation hit back at critics who have accused it of over-reaction to the swine flu crisis, warning it may return “with a vengeance” in the months ahead.

MSM: 60 Mexico flu deaths raise global epidemic fears

MEXICO CITY – Mexican authorities said 60 people may have died from a swine flu virus in Mexico, and world health officials worry it could unleash a global flu epidemic. Mexico City closed schools across the metropolis Friday in hopes of containing the outbreak that has sickened more than 900.

Rutgers Law professor, N.J. peace group challenge constitutionality of Iraq invasion

A Rutgers University law professor argued in federal court in Newark today, on behalf of a New Jersey peace group, that President Bush violated the U.S. Constitution’s initial intent when he ordered the 2003 invasion of Iraq.